Combination range and table



June 13, 1939. H M, HERR 2,162,012

COMBINATION RANGE AND TABLE Filed June 50, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet l IIIHIHp" r M V |"/v I w 7 A iiorneys June 13, 1939. H. M. HERRIN COMBINATIONRANGE AND TABLE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 30, 1938 Attorneys June 13,1939.

, H. M. HERRIN COMBINATION RANGE AND TABLE Filed June 50, 1958 3Sheets-Sheet 5 Attorneys Patented June 13, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in combination ranges and removabletables therefor. The invention is designed with the particular purposein View of equipping a gas, or electric, range for housing a table ofthe folding type so as to conceal the same, while at the same timeproviding for ready and quick removal of the table as occasion mayrequire.

Other and subordinate objects are also comprehended by my invention allof which, together with the precise nature of my improvement will becomeapparent when the succeeding description and claim are read withreference to the drawings accompanying and forming part of thisspecification.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a range equipped according to myinvention,

Figure 2 is a View in front elevation with the folding door open,

Figure 3 is a view in top plan of the table removed and folded,

Figure 4 is a similar view of the table unfolded,

Figure 5 is a detailed view in horizontal section taken on the line 5-5of Figure 6.

Figure 6 is a view in vertical section taken on the line 6--6 of Figure4,

Figure 7 is a fragmentary view in bottom plan of the table showing thefolding gate-legs unfolded in full lines, and folded in dotted lines,and

Figure 8 is a view in perspective of one of the folded gate-legs.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the range of my invention is ofthe table top type having the front frame I, a right-hand fixed topsection 2, side panels 3, and a left-hand table top section 4 adapted tobe swung upwardly on concealed hinges, not shown, by means of a handgrip5. At the right-hand side of the range is a section 6 including an oven,not shown, closed by a door 1, a broiler 8 beneath the oven, and autility drawer 9 beneath the broiler 8. The table top section 4 closes asection I0 housing the usual burners, not shown, and having the frontcontrol panel II. At the left hand side of the range beneath the sectionIII is a utility section I2 comprising a tier of drawers I3 slidablymounted in the section in any suitable manner. Section In is spaced fromthe section 6 to form therewith, and with the section III a vault I4.The drawers I3 in the section I2 are arranged to close with their frontsset in behind the plane of the front frame I, A folding door comprisingtwin panels I5 and I6 is hinged to the front frame I, as at IT adjacentthe section 6, the section I6 being hinged to said frame and the sectionI5 hinged,

as at I8, to the section I6, said panels closing the door I4 and thefront of the section I2, the arrangement being such that the panel I5may be opened on the section I6 for access to the ,5

drawers I3, or, the entire door may be opened on the hinges I! to openthe vault I4.

The vault I4, as will be seen from an inspection of Figure 1, isstraight sided and rectangular in form and open at its bottom. Fittinginto said vault I4 is a table I9 of the combination cabinet and gate-legtype.

The table I9 comprises a flat top 20 of rectangular form adapted to fitendwise into the vault I4, a. rectangular front frame 2| supporting thefront end of said top 26, a front cabinet 22, presently referred to indetail, a rear central fixed leg 23, a pair of folding side legs 24, anda pair of side leaves 25 hinged as at 26, to the sides of the top 20 tofold downwardly.

The cabinet 22 is a box-like open front structure including a back wall21 in the approximate transverse center of the part 20, a bottom wall 28stepped at its rear end as at 29, side walls 36, and a pair of upper andlower horizontal partitions 3I and 32 suitably secured at their frontedges by bars 33 extending across the frame ZI and at their rear edgesto the back wall 21, said partitions dividing the cabinet into upper andlower shallow compartments 34 and 35, and an intermediate largecompartment 36. Upper and lower drawers 31 and 38 are slidably mountedin the upper and lower compartments 34 and 35 respectively, A bin 39 ispivotally mounted, as at 49, on the sides of the frame 2I to swing intoand out of the intermediate compartment 36 and to open and close thesame. The leaves fold downwardly fiat against the side walls 36 of thecabinet 32 and the front frame 2| extends beyond said side walls for thefolding of said leaves therebehind so that when folded, said leaves areconcealed from view from the front of the table.

The central fixed leg 23 is rod-like metal and comprises upper and lowerhorizontal ends M and 42 and a vertical rear guide 43, the ends 4|, 42,being secured at their extremities, as by screws 44, to the top 2I andto the stepped rear end 29 of the bottom wall 28, in the longitudinalcenter of the table with the side 43 beneath the rear end of said top2|. The side legs 24 are identical to the fixed central leg 23 but havetheir upper and lower ends 45 and 46 pivoted at their extremities tosaid top 2| and rear end 29, as at 41, adjacent opposite sides of thecabinet 22, respectively, so that said side legs may be swung to foldthe same rearwardly and inwardly beneath the top 2|, or outwardly andforwardly beneath the leaves 25 to support the latter in elevatedunfolded position. As best shown in Figure 7, the stepped end 29 of thebottom wall 28 forms an abutment 49 limiting unfolding movement of theside legs 24 by engagement with the lower ends 46 of said legs and whenthe latter have been swung outwardly into substantially right angularposition relative to the axis of movement of the leaves 25. v The bottomwall 28 has secured to the under face'thereof a pair of front castersadjacent opposite sides of the cabinet 22 respectively. The lower end 42of the fixed leg 23 has mounted thereon a pair of front and rear casters5|, and the lower ends 46 of the side legs 24 are similarly equippedwith casters 52, preferably one caster on each end.

As will be clear, when the table [9 has been folded in the mannerdescribed in the foregoing, it may be readily wheeled into the vault l4and concealed from view by closing of the panel H5 in front of the samewhile the panel l5 may be left in open position for access to thedrawers I3 of section l2, or swung into closing position over saiddrawers, as desired. Access to the cabinet 22 of the table l9 whilehoused in thevault l4 may be readily had by opening of the panels l5 andI6 and the table may be quickly and easily wheeled out of the vault forsetting up, or unfolding, when desired.

The foregoing constitutes a detailed description of a preferredembodiment of my invention, but it is to be understood that the presentdisclosure is illustrative rather than restrictive and that right isherein reserved to modifications in structure and arrangement of partsdescribed such as fall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is:

A gateleg table for nesting in a cabinet having an open front openbottom vault therein, said' table comprising a rectangular. top adaptedto fit endwise into said Vault, a front compartment section ofsubstantially the same width as said top, a pair of side leaves hingedto said top to fold downwardly alongside said section against the same,a fixed U-shaped leg in the longitudinal center of said top and havingits free end connected to the top and to the bottom of said section,respectively, to extend rearwardly thereof,

and a pair of legs similar to the first mentioned leg upon oppositesides of said first mentioned leg and having the free ends thereofhinged to said top and to said bottom of said section, respectively, forfolding of said pair of legs behind the folded leaves, respectively, toextend rearwardly from the sides of said section, said pair of legsbeing swingable outwardly into laterally extended right angular relationto the sides of said section to support said leaves when unfolded andbeing limited as to said swinging movement in such relation to thesection.

HARRISON M. HEREIN.

